The three P's that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are

population Bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity

Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he

had removed regulatory controls from major industries

The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when

Sen. McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in Democratic primary

Americans favored providing aid to Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons but

belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented threat to U.S.

The monetary inflation needed to relieve social & hardships of 19th century came as a result of

an increase in the international gold supply

The oil industry became a huge business

with the invention of the internal combustion engine

To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the 14th Amendment

avoid corporate regulation by the states

Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities

unmasked corrupt alliance between big business & government

One exception to Harding's policy of isolationism involved in Middle East, where U.S. sought to

secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies

Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was

production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive car

The primary diplomatic result of Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese War was

both Japan & Russia became increasingly hostile to the U.S.

Opposition the League of Nations by many U.S. senators during the Paris Peace Conference

gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited

private corporations from engaging in restraint of trade

During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, to

spy on domestic antiwar protesters

According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to

educate students for the broad rang of life's challenge

The term "Hoovervilles" refers to

shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people

The 3rd party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912

featured the support of prominent women progressives

During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following except

creating massive amounts of consumer debt

When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the Presidency in March 1933

he received unprecedented congressional support

All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 except he

disliked the concept of class conflict

The McNary-Haugen Bill passed by Congress & vetoed by Coolidge was aimed to assist farmers by

having the federal government buy farm surpluses & sell them

The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it

united the nation into a single, integrated national market

Wilson's efforts to conduct an anti-imperialist U.S. foreign policy were 1st undermined when he

sent American marines to Haiti and Dominican Republic

In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the U.S. was

motivated by treaty obligations

The incident that caused clash between Congress & President Johnson to explode into the open

Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau

One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was

a political turn to the Democrats & the rise new Labor Party

Leftist scholars found fault with post-Civil War era captains of industry argued that these men

built their corporate wealth and power by exploiting workers

The money used to provide Social Security payments to retirees comes from

Social Security taxes paid by current workers

In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants

rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas

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1
President Clinton aroused the hostility of liberals within his own party when he
vetoed the Welfare Reform Bill
appointed Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the Supreme Court
backed the "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gays
signed the Welfare Reform Bill
2
Which of the following was not among prominent African American cultural figures of the 1920s?
Langston Hughes
Ralph Ellison
"Jelly Roll" Morton
Joseph "King" Oliver
3
The three P's that largely explain the cultural upheavals of the 1960s are
public schools, parietal rules, and parental restrictions
patriotism, pro-war enthusiasm, and perfectionism
poverty, political radicalism, and protest against authority
population Bulge, protest against Vietnam, and prosperity
4
Democrats who opposed the reelection of President Carter complained that he
had failed to control double-digit inflation
had not aggressively pursued civil rights
had removed regulatory controls from major industries
negotiated the Panama Canal Treaty
5
The political challenge to President Johnson's Vietnam policies gained great momentum when
Sen. McCarthy nearly defeated Johnson in Democratic primary
Senate voted to cut off funds for any escalation of war
Vice President Humphrey turned against Johnson's policies
3-party challenger George Wallace began criticizing Johnson
6
Americans favored providing aid to Cuban revolutionaries for all of the following reasons but
belief that Spain's control of Cuba presented threat to U.S.
sympathy for Cuban patriots fighting for their freedom
atrocity stories reported in yellow press of William Hearst
fear that American investment in Cuban sugar would be lost
7
The monetary inflation needed to relieve social & hardships of 19th century came as a result of
McKinley's adoption of the bimetallic standard
the repeal of the Gold Standard Act
the creation of the Federal Reserve System
an increase in the international gold supply
8
The oil industry became a huge business
when oil shipping tankers were constructed on massive scale
with the invention of the internal combustion engine
when federal government granted a monopoly to Standard Oil
when diesel engines were perfected
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France; Czechoslovakia
Germany; Britain
the U.S.; France
Poland; France
10
To help corporations, the courts ingeniously interpreted the 14th Amendment
incorporate big business
avoid corporate regulation by the states
allow the captains of industry to avoid paying taxes
help freedmen to work in factories
11
By 1960, the proportion of Americans who lived in areas classified as metropolitan suburbs was
1/2 (50%)
1/10 (10%)
1/4 (25%)
3/4 (75%)
12
By the mid-1930s, there was strong nationwide agitation for a constitutional amendment to
C
B
A
D
13
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was at first primarily used to curb the power of
banking syndicates
railroad corporations
labor unions
oil companies
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Germany's nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
the fall of France
the invasion of Poland
Hitler's armies overrunning Denmark and Norway
15
Lincoln Steffens, in his series of articles entitled The Shame of the Cities
uncovered corruption between government & Oil Company
exposed the U.S. Senate as a millionaire's club
unmasked corrupt alliance between big business & government
exposed the deplorable condition of blacks in urban areas
16
One exception to Harding's policy of isolationism involved in Middle East, where U.S. sought to
secure oil-drilling concessions for American companies
support a homeland for Jews in Israel
stop League of Nations letting British & French protectorate
stop the Soviet Union from dominating the area
17
Henry Ford's most distinctive contribution to the automobile industry was
production of a standardized, relatively inexpensive car
installment credit buying of cars
introducing a variety of automobile models with varied color
voluntarily permitting unions to organize his auto plants
18
A Century of Dishonor (1881) was authored by
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Helen Hunt Jackson
Chief Joseph
Joseph F. Glidden
19
The primary diplomatic result of Roosevelt's diplomatic ending of the Russo-Japanese War was
China began to seek an alliance with the U.S.
U.S. relations with Japan improved
the U.S. began to ally itself with Russia against Japan
both Japan & Russia became increasingly hostile to the U.S.
20
Opposition the League of Nations by many U.S. senators during the Paris Peace Conference
led to an abandonment of the Monroe Doctrine
forced Wilson to drop his goal of establishing security
gave Allied leaders in Paris a stronger bargaining position
stemmed from a small minority of hard-core isolationists
21
President Roosevelt believed that the federal government should adopt a policy of ___ trusts.
nationalizing
collusion with
dissolving
regulating
22
The single largest source of a raw material that fueled early American industrialization was
copper mines of Montana and Arizona
oil wells of Oklahoma and Texas
Mesabi iron rang of Minnesota
coal mines of Kansas and Nebraska
23
Which of the following was not among the technologies invented or improved by Thomas A. Edison?
The electric light bulb
The motion picture
The phonograph
The electric dynamo
24
According to the Progressives, the cure for all of American democracy's ill was
a third political party
technical and scientific expertise
socialism
more democracy
25
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibited
competing comp. from having interlocking boards of directors
federal government from favoring 1 business over another
companies from signing contracts without competitive bidding
private corporations from engaging in restraint of trade
26
During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the CIA, to
infiltrate FBI headquarters
spy on domestic antiwar protesters
lead an invasion of Cambodia
help destabilize the government of Thailand
27
At first, John F. Kennedy moved very slowly in the area of racial justice because he
B
D
C
A
28
In the 1980 national elections
A
C
B
D
29
According to John Dewey, a teacher's primary goal is to
educate students for the broad rang of life's challenge
instill rigid discipline and moral character in young people
emphasize training for particular set of professional skills
ensure that his/her students pass all standardized exams
30
the first major product of the oil industry was
Gasoline
Heating oil
Kerosene
Natural gas
31
When he took office in 1961, Kennedy chose to try to stimulate the sluggish economy through
an income tax cut
a massive foreign-aid program
a tighter monetary policy
large-scale government spending programs
32
The term "Hoovervilles" refers to
picket lines erected by the bonus Army in their protest
breadlines and soup kitchens that fed the hungry
industrial sections of cities where poor workers lived
shantytowns filled with shacks created by homeless people
33
Warren G. Harding's weaknesses as president included all of the following except a(n)
mediocre mind
lack of political experience
inability to detect moral weaknesses in his associates
administrative weakness
34
The 3rd party Progressive Republican presidential campaign of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912
featured the support of prominent women progressives
failed to endorse significant social justice causes
never developed a coherent political counterpart to Wilson
assumed the animal symbol of the "bull moose"
35
During the 1920s, the new system of buying on credit resulted in all of the following except
creating massive amounts of consumer debt
transforming once frugal Americans into consumers
stimulating of economic growth in the country
providing a fundamental & solid basis for long prosperity
36
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C
B
A
D
37
When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the Presidency in March 1933
Congress refused to grant him any legislative authority
he knew exactly what he wanted to do
he received unprecedented congressional support
he rejected a pragmatic approach to governing the country
38
All of the following characteristics describe William Jennings Bryan in 1896 except he
was very youthful
was an energetic and charismatic campaigner
disliked the concept of class conflict
was an excellent orator
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C
D
A
B
40
The McNary-Haugen Bill passed by Congress & vetoed by Coolidge was aimed to assist farmers by
making the importation of cheaper agricultural commodities
having the federal government buy farm surpluses & sell them
providing federal support for farm co-operatives
providing federal farm subsidies and federal price suppports
41
After mid-term elections of 2006, who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House?
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Nancy Pelosi
Hillary Clinton
Janet Napolitano
42
The greatest economic consequence of the transcontinental railroad network was that it
united the nation into a single, integrated national market
enabled people from farms and small towns to visit cities
enabled farmers to make a highly profitable living
developed a skill industrial workforce
43
Wilson's efforts to conduct an anti-imperialist U.S. foreign policy were 1st undermined when he
told Filipinos that they couldn't independence for 40 years
dispatched U.S. military forces in China
sent the U.S. Navy to seize the Virgin Islands from Denmark
sent American marines to Haiti and Dominican Republic
44
The first talkie motion picture was
The Jazz Singer
The Great Train Robbery
The Birth of a Nation
Gone with the Wind
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A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
46
In promising to grant the Philippines independence, the U.S. was
providing tacit encouragement to Japanese militarists
motivated by treaty obligations
providing the Philippines with long-term economic terms
acknowledging the view of the U.S. Navy
47
The incident that caused clash between Congress & President Johnson to explode into the open
the creation of the sharecropping system
Johnson's veto of the bill to extend the Freedmen's Bureau
passage of the Pacific Railroad Act
the attempt to pass the Fourteenth Amendment
48
One result of Republican hard money policies in the mid-1870s was
the defeat of a Democratic House of Representatives in 1874
a political turn to the Democrats & the rise new Labor Party
damage to the country's credit rating
the rise of American dollar against foreign currencies
49
Leftist scholars found fault with post-Civil War era captains of industry argued that these men
built their corporate wealth and power by exploiting workers
tried to take the U.S. back to an earlier age of aristocracy
were environmentally insenitive
were insufficiently philanthropic
50
The money used to provide Social Security payments to retirees comes from
private employers' pension funds
Social Security taxes paid by current workers
the contributions made by elderly during their working lives
the federal income tax
51
In the new urban environment, most liberal Protestants
were driven out of mainstream seminaries and colleges
sharply criticized American society and American government
welcomed ecumenical conversations with Roman Catholics
rejected biblical literalism and adapted religious ideas
52
Hitler's last-ditch attempt to achieve a victory against the Americans and British came in
an attempt to arrange a negotiated peace with Stalin
the Battle of the Bulge
the attempt to assassinate Churchill and Roosevelt
the Battle of the Rhineland
53
The Federal Farm Board lent money to farmers primarily to help them to
open new land to cultivation
organize producers' cooperatives
learn a new and more profitable trade
take land out of production
54
In response to Congress's attempt to stop him from continuing the bombing of Cambodia, Nixon
shifted the bombing campaign to Laos
repeatedly vetoed Congress's bills to halt the attacks
declared he was stopping the bombing but continued secretly
gradually reduced the number of bombing raids
55
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airport construction program
urban public subway and light rail project
Grand Coulee dam project
interstate highway system
56
The fundamental strategic decision of WW2 made by Roosevelt & the British was to
arouse the American people to an idealistic crusade
plant for a second front in Western Europe ASAP
fight naval war against Japan & land war against Germany
concentrate first on the war in Europe then war on Japan
57
The steel industry owed much to the inventive genius of
Thomas Edison
Henry Bessemer
J.P. Morgan
Jay Gould
58
The Fourteenth Amendment
prohibited formed Confederates from federal & state office
met all the political demands of the radical Republicans
guaranteed the freedmen the right to vote
failed to confer any civil rights to the freedmen
59
The official charge that the House of Representatives used to impeach President Johnson was his
veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill
veto of the Reconstruction Act of 1867
readmission of Southern states without reconstructing them
dismal of Secretary Stanton contrary to Tenure of Office Act
60
An epidemic of violent strikes and labor conflict in 1892 led to the prospect of
Grover Cleveland's switch to pro-labor & pro-farmer campaign
Populists declaring opposition to immigration restrictions
Populists adding industrial workers for support among farmer
a switch of urban works from Democratic to Republican party
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D
C
A
B
62
In response to a supposed Soviet threat to the Middle Eastern oil, the American CIA in 1953
developed close cooperation with Israeli intelligence agency
began seeking alternative sources of energy
engaged in sabotage against pro-Soviet governments in area
staged a coup to overthrow the Iranian government
63
In response to Senator Joseph McCarthy's anticommunist attacks, President Eisenhower
A
B
D
C
64
The largest southern-based monopolistic corporation was the one founded by James Duke to make
oil
alcohol
textiles
cigaretts
65
Cleveland's hostility to silver & silver-backed currency was driven primarily by his fear that
the growing drain of gold from the U.S. Treasury
the unlimited supplies of silver within the U.S.
supporting silver would be politically good to Democrats
soon gold & silver would both be replaced by paper currency
66
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Ethnic conflict in the Balkans
American troops in Somalia
Ethnic violence and massive deaths in Rwanda
Relations with America's European allies in NATO
67
Harry Truman possessed all of the following personal characteristics except
few pretensions
willingness to accept responsibility
patience and prudery
honesty
68
The Second Battle of the Marne was significant because it
marked the beginning of a German withdrawal
marked a temporary reversal of the Allies progress in Europe
saw the first use of combat aircraft
was the first time American troops saw action in France
69
Which of the following was not among features of the increasing domestic anticommunist uproar
D
B
A
C
70
The political base of the Democratic party in the late nineteenth century lay especially in
big business and those involved in international trade
the white South and big-city immigrant machines
Midwestern farmers
the small towns of Northeast and the South
71
Nixon tried to resist giving his taped conversations to prosecutor & Congress by claiming that
it would violate his right to privacy
he had executive privilege (confidentiality)
portions of the tape were erased
it would violate his 5th Amendment rights
72
Many feminist leaders were deeply disappointed with the 14th & 15th Amendments because they
gave nation citizenship rights to A.A males but not females
gave white women but not black women the right to vote
failed to give women the right to serve on juries
contained restrictions on ex-Confederates but not on males
73
The major consequence of the Allied conquest of Sicily in August 1943 was
the overthrow of Mussolini & Italy's unconditional surrender
the threat of a Communist takeover of the Italian government
a conflict between Churchill & General Eisenhower
a modification of the demand for unconditional surrender
74
America's first billion-dollar corporation was
General Electric (GE)
American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
United States Steel
Standard oil
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As a part of his New look foreign policy, President Eisenhower
sent help to the Hungarian freedom fighters
allied with Israel against the Arab states
sought to an alliance with China
called for "open skies" mutual inspection program over both

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